Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B− for jobs & income. 14% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Villeneuve has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Villeneuve with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villeneuve.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Villeneuve than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,492/m², lower than both Aveyron’s towns (€1,741/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.82/m² a month. The market in Villeneuve: 56 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,492/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villeneuve€1,492/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,492/m²
56
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €9.88/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,870
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Villeneuve skews older, with 34% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.3%. 14% are under 15, close to Aveyron’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Villeneuve has a median age of 54.1 years.
54.1median age
VilleneuveAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Villeneuve than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8%
Per resident in work, Villeneuve counts 0.9 jobs (650 jobs, 750 workers). 8.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stands at 8.4%.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Villeneuve, 0.9 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Villeneuve has a lower adjusted death rate than 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 301 deaths in Villeneuve from 2016 to 2025; there were 306, 2% more. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Villeneuve’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Villeneuve is Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse, 6.8 mi away. There are 5 general practitioners here.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Villeneuve · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More protected monuments for its size in Villeneuve than in Aveyron or compared French towns: 56 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A quarter of homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Villeneuve is Ancienne église de Toulongergues. This Aveyron town has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 9 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villeneuve
Is Villeneuve safe?
Villeneuve has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Villeneuve expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villeneuve grades A for cost of living.
About Villeneuve
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Villeneuve is a commune of 1,948 people in the Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron Communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
